Events
Hannah's Children: American Women Who Put Family Before Career
A lecture by Prof. Catherine Pakaluk (The Catholic University of America)
When:
November 22, 2024 | 5:00 PM EST
Chapter:
Duke University
Location:
Rubenstein 153
This lecture is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required.
About the speaker:
Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an Associate Professor of Political Economy in the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She received the Acton Institute's prestigious Novak Award in 2015, and the Freedom and Opportunity Prize from The Heritage Foundation in 2023. Her widely anticipated book, Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth, explores the relation between biblical faith and childbearing. Pakaluk earned her doctorate in economics at Harvard University. She lives in Maryland with her husband, philosopher Michael Pakaluk, where her kitchen table is joyfully crowded with children, grandchildren, and students.